Monday, June 26, 2006

I don't like to buy books brand spankin' new so on weekends I frequent the many thrift stores in Boise. I've been very lucky on some occasions, finding some fairly recent books like David McCullough's 1776. This weekend I found a first edition copy of Jostein Gaarder's book Sophie's World. The book is a history of philosophy as seen and understood from the perspective of a little girl. It is extremely creative! I have read it twice and believe Forrest still has my copy somewhere which is why I picked up another.

The other book I was happy to find is Marian Keyes' chick lit novel Sushi forBeginners. No, it has nothing to do with sushi, a food I am in love with, but looked like an interesting afternoon read. For a buck fifty I am sure I will be entertained!

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I like the bookstore downtown (10th st?) even though they don't have a romance section. Found "Light on Snow" by Anita Shrieve, "Lucky" by Alice Sebold, and "The Third Chimpanzee" by Jared Diamond". All pretty good reads for a reasonable price.

Hastings! They put their used books right on the shelf next to their new books so they're easy to find and are well organized! I bought two hardback books there, both fairly recent, well-known authors for $2.50 a piece!